Ramy Youssef‘s “#1 Happy Family USA,” which follows a Muslim-American family in post-9/11 America (the premiere takes place on Sept. 10, 2001) should not be a representation of the community, the creator told audiences ahead of the premiere at the SXSW TV and Film Festival on March 9.
“There’s a representation warning in the beginning of every episode that tells you not to use this show as representation. I have had a very torn relationship with representation and the idea of what it should do or what it is,” he told the audience in Austin ahead of the premiere. “This is a show about capitalism. And I think when
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